Continue your drive and watch the wildlife as bears, mountain lions and more are often spotted along the route. The walls of the canyon reveal some ancient secrets as well. Skeletons found there include the diplodocus and other creatures that suggest there was a heavy tree cover there at one time.

And don't miss the Hanging Flume. An early 20th-century engineering marvel. The 17-mile remnant was designed to bring water to the mines, but once the mines closed was used for irrigation.